a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant ♪ ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ >> probably not the most artful phrase to use, but the brooklyn tabernacle killed it today with a beautiful song. a beautiful song. let's go to chuck todd. he's at his post at the white house. awfully close across the street at the reviewing stand. they'll be getting to you in due time. >> it's a punchy crowd. i want to warn you, they have been out here three or four hours. so they have been doing various cheers back and forth. barack and obama, and michelle and obama. it is sunny and cold, mind you, brian. to let folks know, especially for the folks who have been sitting out here four hours. some special guests get into the reviewing stand. some of the living members of the tuskegee airmen, they're going to be sitting behind me. watching the parade with the president. we have seen will.i.am, that got the crowd really excited as you might imagine. so going to be an interesting, eclectic group of people watching the parade with the president. >> we have 25 recipients of the medal of honor in washi